“Estonian literature”
Historical survey with bibliographical appendix. Second edition.
“Estonian Waterfalls”
The Bedouin, who is known from the book by Saint-Exupery, is standing frozen in amazement in front of a waterfall. Anyone like him who is from the desert believes that the frivolous squandering of such a precious resource as water must soon end. However, the end does not seem to be coming. The Estonians, already […]
“Europe´s Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War”
The Thirty Years War was on of the longest and most devastating conflicts in European history. Nearly all the major European powers were drawn into this violent religious and political crisis, which raged across the continent between 1618 and 1648. It killed around a quarter of all Germans, with marauding bands of mercenaries laying waste […]
“Europe. Eyewitness Travel Guides”
With more than 2,400 full-color illustrations and detailed maps of over 23 great European cities, Eyewitness Travel Guide: Europe highlights the major sights in 20 countries and provides comprehensive information that no traveler should be without. Extending from the Urals of Russia to the Iberian Peninsula this guide covers a wide range a climates and […]
“Evil in Modern Thought. An Alternative History of Philosophy”
With a new afterword by the author – Susan Neiman. A compelling look at the problem of evil in modern thought, from the Inquisition to global terrorism Evil threatens human reason, for it challenges our hope that the world makes sense. For eighteenth-century Europeans, the Lisbon earthquake was manifest evil. Today we view evil as […]
“Exploring the Gardens of Delights. Essays in Bosch’s Paintings and the Medieval Mental Culture”
The phantasmagoria in the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450-1516) has led most scholars to interpret him as some kind of heretic: an astrologist, alchemist or adamite. Scholars use the same symbols for their personal preferences. The focus in this book is on Bosch as an ardent realist in his minute attention to detail. He […]
“Fast Facts: Schizophrenia”
Fill the gap in your knowledge, fast! with Fast Facts – the ultimate medical handbook series (Raamatus on endise omaniku nimi)
“Fate Core System”
Name your game; Fate Core is the foundation that can make it happen. Fate Core is a flexible system that can support whatever worlds you dream up. Have you always wanted to play a post-apocalyptic spaghetti western with tentacle monsters? Swords and sorcery in space? Wish there was a game based on your favorite series […]
“Fibula, Fabula, Fact. The Viking Age in Finland”
“Were there Vikings in Finland?” Fibula, Fabula, Fact – The Viking Age in Finland is intended to provide essential foundations for approaching the Viking Age in Finland. The volume consists of a general introduction followed by nineteen chapters and a closing discussion. The nineteen chapters are oriented to provide introductions to the sources, methods and […]
“Fine Things”
Smart, likable, Bernie Fine was the wonder boy of Wolff’s, New York’s most glamorous department store. A senior VP moving up, he arrives in San Francisco to open a West Coast store. His career is skyrocketing, but his life is lacking a center. When he looks into the wide, innocent eyes of five-year-old Jane O’Reilly, […]
“Finland: Myth and Reality”
According to popular myth, the Finns are a nation living on the razor’s edge, in the shadow of Soviet power, forever walking a tightrope without a safetynet. In reality, as is shown by Max Jakobson in this book, Finland’s progress from the ordeal of the Second World War to present-day affluence and stability is a […]
“Five Proofs of Existence of God”
This book provides a detailed, updated exposition and defense of five of the historically most important (but in recent years largely neglected) philosophical proofs of God’s existence: the Aristotelian, the Neo-Platonic, the Augustinian, the Thomistic, and the Rationalist. It also offers a thorough treatment of each of the key divine attributes-unity, simplicity, eternity, omnipotence, omniscience, […]
“Folk Belief Today”
The e-publication is based on the collection of articles, published in 1995 by the Institute of Estonian Language and the Estonian Museum of Literature. Edited by Mare Kõiva & Kai Vassiljeva. In collaboration with Ume Kelam, Õie Sarv, Leidi Veskis, Ergo-Hart Västrik. Notes Taive Särg
“For Crying Out Loud: The World According To Clarkson Volume 3”
The publication of The World According to Clarkson in 2004 launched a multi-million-copy bestselling phenomenon. But to no avail. Jeremy’s one-man war on crimes against common sense has not yet been won. And our hero’s still scratching his head at the madness of it all. But it’s not all bad. He’s learned a little along […]
“Foundation and Earth”
The Foundation novels The Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are among the great masterworks of science fiction. An ingenious blend of nonstop action, daring ideas, and extensive world-building, they chronicle the struggle of a courageous group of men and women determined to shield enlightened humanity from a ceaseless threat of darkness and ultimate annihilation. Foundation […]
“Foundation: A History of England Volume I”
Having written enthralling biographies of London and of its great river, The Thames Peter Ackroyd now turns to England itself. This first volume of six takes us from the time that England was first settled, more than 15,000 years ago, to the death in 1509 of the first Tudor monarch, Henry VII. In it, Ackroyd […]
“Friends, Lovers, Chocolate”
Isabel Dalhousie Novels Isabel Dalhousie thinks often of friends, sometimes of lovers, and on occasion of chocolate. As an Edinburgh philosopher she is certain of where she stands. She can review a book called In Praise of Sin with panache and conviction, but real life is… well, perhaps a bit more challenging – particularly when […]
“From Atlantis to the Sphinx. Recovering the Lost Wisdom of the Ancient World”
Revised & updated. Includes startling new revelations about the age of civilisation and the location of the lost city of Atlantis. In 1991 a Boston professor of geology made a shocking announcement – the Sphinx had been weathered by water, and not wind-blown sand as previously thought. This would make it thousands of years older […]
“From Shaman to Saint. Interpretive strategies in the study of Buile Shuibhne”
This study charts the ways in which Buile Shuibhne has been interpreted in twentieth-century scholarship, by paying particular attention to the religious allegorical readings of the text. This examination of four prevalent interpretative frameworks ‒ historical, pre-Christian, and anthropological ‒ relates theoretical conceptions of literary theory, comparative religion and historiography to the study of medieval […]
